Hose and faucet coupling



, C. I. BO0NE. HOSE AND EAUCETICOUPL'ING. APLlcATlON FILED JULY lo. lala.

Patented Feb. 22,1921.'

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g UNITED STATES CHARLES'T. BOONE, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

HOSE AND FAUCET COU'PIL'ING.

To allie/0m t may] concern: l'

Beit known that I, CHARLES T.' BOONE, a citizen of the, United States, residi'iig'at Minneapolis, in the countyof Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and usefulv Hose and Faucet Coupling, of which the following is a specification.

yMy invention relates to vcouplings for readily coupling a water hose to a faucet;

In the accompanying drawing; Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved I' hose coupling shown ,as applied to a hose and a faucet. Fig. 2 is a left side view of Fig..1. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3--3 in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section on line 4-4 in Fig. 1 of the yoke only. Fig. 5 shows a modiication of the lever 22 and rods 18 in 2. Fig. 6 is a side view of the hooks in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a side view of the device with some of its parts separatedand most of them modified. Fig. 8 is va right side view of Fig. 7 with the hose and the` meinber 10 omitted.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals, 8 designates a portion of a faucet to which a hose 9 is to be attached. Upon the nose of the faucet is threaded a coupling member 10, or it may be like 10X inFig. 7, and may remain permanently on the faucet, or for Vnew faucets it may be formed integral with the faucet. Said member 10 is formed with a short reduced outlet tube 11 which is adapted to project into a longer tube 12 (best shown in Fig. 3) which projects slightly above and is secured in the head collar 13 of ayoke or hose harness consisting of said collar, three parallel flat bars 14 and a clamping collar 15 (see Fig. 4) having a screw 16 by which it is tightened about the hose 9 and the Vtube 12 within the hose, so as to form a water tight joint and also hold the' hose with its end inserted in the yoke and inthe collar 13 thereof.

In Figs. 1, 2, and 3 the collar 13 is provided with two perforated ears, 17, in which are loosely guided two rods 18, having their upper ends formed with hooks 19 adapted to engage trunnions 20 yon the member 10.

The lowerends of the rods 18 are pivoted at 21 to the lower ends of a V-shaped lever 22, which is fulcrumed at 23 to the collar 15, in such a position relative to the pivots 21 that when the part 22X of the lever is brought upward and against the side of the yoke the pulling strain of the rods 18 tends Specication of Letters'Patent.

' Vi :.u;emefi Feb. 22,1921'.

'Application-med :any i, 1919. serial No. 369,917'.

to'phold the leverjin said (position.- The lever niay also be held in said position byfa' thumb catch'aki pivot-ed' at 2516111@ upper i collar.

eArEN'r OFFICE.

Betweentliemeniber" 10 and' the V"collar"A 13 is placed about the projecting end 12X of the tube 12 a packing ring 26 of rubber or leather, which'prevents escape of water upward between the tubes 11 and 12. If said packing ring becomes reduced by shrinkage and wear such wear is taken up by the spring action of the corrugations 18X of the rods 18. f y

In the operationif the hose is to be attached tothe faucet the lever 22 is swung downward about as shown in dotted lines in Fig. k1, withl the hooks 19 thus standing as shown in dotted lines the collar 13 'is pushed up against-the member 10, with the -packing ring 26 between them, the lever 22 being now swung `upward and locked,

the hooks 19 are thereby caused to swing l into engagement with the trunnions orv studs 2O and pinch the *packing ring tightly between the collar 13 andthe member 10, the waterv may then be turned on by opening the faucet. .To remove the hose the water is turned. oli' and the hooks 19 disengaged'by throwing the lever 22 downward.

In the modification shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the member 10X instead of having trun- Y nions is given a collar 28 and the rods 18X carry a pivoted segment or half collar 29 adapted tov engage upon said collar and the lever 22a may have asegmental top piece 221. adapted Yto enter upon the collar 28 from theother side when the lever is closed up,

with the Vhose connected to the faucet.

In the modification shown in'Figs. 5 andv 6 thev rods 18 are secured together by an arched cross bar 27; when this bar is used Y the guiding lugs or ears 17` may be dispensed with, as it is an easy matter toswing i' oneof the hooks -19 and thereby also the other into engagement with the trunnions.

IVhat I claim is: 1. A hose and faucet coupling comprising an internally threaded member adapted to go onto the nose of the faucet and having a short outlet tube, a longer tube adapted for insertion in the end of thehose and having at its upper end aixed collar with a tubular yoke adapted to extend a short distance upon the hose and comprising an opensided collar with a screw for clamping it aboutV the hose and thus closing the hose ioo 2. Thestructure speciied n claim l, anda soft packing ring between said meeting collars. 3. The structure specified in claim 2, said top collar of the yoke having a reduced eX-V tension entering into the packing ring. v

4. The structure specified in claimvl, Vsaid lever having its Ylower end bfurcated and pvoted one leg at each side of the yoke or the lower collar thereof, and said means operated bythe lever consisting oi two rods pivoted one to each leg and provided at the'member on the faucet, the latterA 'aving means for facilitating. such engagement.

5. The structure specified in claim l, and means for holding said lever` against aceidental motion vwhen the partsare coupled together. 'y v In testimony whereof I affix m signature.

their upper ends with means for enga ing 

